अगरबत्ती

Hindi

Etymology

अगर (agar, “aloe”) +‎ बत्ती (battī, “candle”). Compare Punjabi ਅਗਰਬੱਤੀ (agarbattī). Borrowed from Dravidian,[1] probably Tamil அகில் (akil).[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.ɡəɾ.bət̪.t̪iː/, [ɐ.ɡɐɾ.bɐt̪̚.t̪iː]
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Noun

अगरबत्ती • (agarbattī) f (Urdu spelling اگربتی)

  1. incense stick, scented candle

Declension
Declension of अगरबत्ती (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct अगरबत्ती
agarbattī		 अगरबत्तियाँ
agarbattiyā̃
oblique अगरबत्ती
agarbattī		 अगरबत्तियों
agarbattiyõ
vocative अगरबत्ती
agarbattī		 अगरबत्तियो
agarbattiyo

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agaru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. Shulman, David Dean (2016) Tamil: A biography, Harvard University Press, pages 19-20:
    We have ahalim [in Hebrew], probably derived directly from Tamil akil rather than from Sanskrit aguru, itself a loan from the Tamil (Numbers 24.8; Proverbs 7.17; Song of Songs 4.14; Psalms 45.9--the latter two instances with the feminine plural form ahalot. Akil is, we think, native to South India, and it is thus not surprising that the word was borrowed by cultures that imported this plant.
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